In a multi-million dollar dispute over construction costs at the “Gorch Fock” has proposed to the district court of Bremen a comparison between a Bremerhaven shipyard and the Federal government. The parties to the dispute are not stated in the hearing on Friday to the proposal.

The Bredo dock company in Bremerhaven, Germany demands that the German army 10,5 million euros, rest of the payment for its Work on the sailing school ship of the Navy. In your floating dock has been built by 2016 to June 2019 at the steel hull of the “Gorch Fock”.

Both actions without a full prospect of success

The Federal government does not want to pay – it assumes that all costs for the Work of the Bredo have already been in the previous General contractor of the shipyard Elsflether, paid. This, however, is insolvent.

to compare, The presiding judge painted Kornol proposed to the parties, at 2.35 million euros. According to a preliminary assessment of the court, neither the action of Bredo nor the counter-claim of the Federal government completely prospect of success, he said. He sat a judgment for the 20. November.

The Navy is on the 62-year-old Bark officer candidates. The renovation of the “Gorch Fock” has become a never-ending story that brought the then Minister of defence, Ursula von der Leyern (CDU), at times in distress. They approved the cost increases: Instead of the planned 10 million euros to 135 million euros.

the Lürssen shipyard is to assemble until the end of may 2021

deliver last autumn, the Bremen-based Lürssen shipyard took over the job, the “Gorch Fock” is finished. You should deliver by the end of may 2021. Judge Kornol quoted in the trial of the counterclaim in the Federal government: the Work of Bredo in the steel hull of a lack of detention should have been. Problems were mentioned to the bulkheads, the transverse walls and on the Deck. The Lürssen shipyard is not expressed on request, in which state they have taken over the ship.